Jeremiah 45
Geneva Bible 1599
Chapter overview
Baruch laments the sorrow and exhaustion he carries while recording Jeremiah's words. God reminds him that the entire land faces upheaval, tells him not to seek greatness for himself, and promises that wherever he goes his life will be preserved.
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1The worde that Ieremiah the Prophet spake vnto Baruch the sonne of Neriah, when he had written these woordes in a booke at the mouth of Ieremiah, in the fourth yeere of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah King of Iudah, saying,
2Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel vnto thee, O Baruch,
3Thou diddest say, Wo is me nowe: for the Lord hath laied sorrow vnto my sorrowe: I fainted in my mourning, and I can finde no rest.
4Thus shalt thou say vnto him, The Lord sayeth thus, Behold, that which I haue built, will I destroy, and that which I haue planted, will I plucke vp, euen this whole lande.
5And seekest thou great things for thy self? seeke them not: for beholde, I wil bring a plague vpon al flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life wil I giue thee for a pray in all places, whither thou goest.
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